Posted 1/4/2010 23:58 (#1003562 - in reply to #1003310) Subject: Re: Thanks for your stories
SW Saskatchewan
A friend of mine had a brother who got his PhD in Ag Economics at Purdue in that time frame. Similar personality and as to me always a fine man. Took more stress(mental and physical) than I thought the human body was capable of, farmed larger and traded commodities at a previously unheard of scale.
The 80's caught him too, physical sickness plagued him as did the financial houses once his empire started to display weakness. The leading bank displayed his bankruptcy auction notices in his home town in a power play.
He survived and has left a legacy in how one can farm large though he now only observes from the sidelines.
Pioneers and explorers don't always profit when they make their way through unknown territory. But we as a society do learn.
And that is one of the reason for bankruptcy laws - partly to see just how high and how far we can fly.
Hey MSB, do you have anymore stories on Eugene Smith?
